valentine
...valentine
lupercalia
pagan becomes christian ~
valentine beheaded
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Categories:
lupercalia, christian,
Form: Senryu
Lupercalia
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Men bearing nakedness and strips of thong
running through and whipping the female throng
Blood red and milk white,
colors of delight.
A tradition for years that remained strong.
Young wome...
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Categories:
lupercalia, celebration, men, valentines day,
Form: Limerick
LUPERCALIA
...LUPERCALIA
In Rome, Valentine was made a saint
It was a prompt for prospective lovers
A card should be sent expressing love
As if first timid moves needed a shove
But an engagement proposal it...
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Categories:
lupercalia, love,
Form: Limerick
Lupercalia
...Lupercalia
O! Yon Pagan festival Come on come all
Merry men named Valentine Two of which
One who was a priest in third century Rome
He whom defied Emperor Claudius II ban on marriage
His reas...
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Categories:
lupercalia, analogy, engagement, fantasy, identity,
Form: Bio
Cupid Sets Hearts On Fire
...Every February fourteenth,
(reference Gregorian Calendar see
High Middle Ages his Saints' Day)
which combs thee
day after morrow aye decree
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
mine near one and same
m...
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Categories:
lupercalia, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Personification
Little Known Holidays Occurring On February Fifteenth
...Little known holidays occurring on February fifteenth...,
awaiting commercial sponsors to become...
what else...,but hand over fist money makers?
(http://www.holidays-and-
observances.com/februar...
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Categories:
lupercalia, america, appreciation, celebration, february,
Form: Free verse
Das Capital Tarnished Valentine
...(alternately known as the Doubting Thomas Crown
Taj Mahal Cupid Affair)
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Fortunate (for me) thee bona fide "FAKE" Cupid
(ak...
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Categories:
lupercalia, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Metrical Tale
Lupercalia
...The day began as most all do with my eye's watching and adoring you, the break of dawn,
first light of morn, today a beautiful new word was born 'Lupercalia'
The night before we had laid so tigh...
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Categories:
lupercalia, loveme,
Form: Rhyme